They like to do things big in Dubai, including a newly-approved concentrated solar power project that will generate 1,000 megawatts of power by 2020—and a whopping 5,000 megawatts by 2030…Continue reading>>

Once it’s fully operational—around 2018, the builders hope—the plant will produce enough energy for more than 1 million Moroccan homes, according to the World Bank and the Moroccan Solar Energy Agency (Masen), which are behind the plant.qz.com

Unlike photovoltaic (PV) systems, which use the sun’s light to generate electricity, concentrating solar power systems generate electricity using the sun’s heat.

The United States was a pioneer in the development of CSP, or solar thermal power, and California’s Mojave Desert hosts some of the earliest operating CSP plants in the world, installed in the 1980s. Although most large-scale solar capacity is now PV, CSP was once at the forefront and recent projects have significantly increased the installed U.S. capacity of CSP [1]. By the end of 2014, the United States had 1,700 megawatts (MW [2]) of CSP, 85 percent more than in 2013 [3]…Continue reading>>

Concentrating Solar Power Projects In The United StatesConcentrating solar power (CSP) projects in the United States are listed below in alphabetical by state, then by project name. You can browse a project profile by Clicking here>> nrel.gov